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.TH CAT "1" "January 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cat \- manual page for cat 9.1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
number nonempty output lines, overrides \fB\-n\fR
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
display $ at end of each line
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
number all output lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
suppress repeated empty output lines
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
display TAB characters as ^I
.TP
\fB\-u\fR
(ignored)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
cat f \- g
Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
.TP
cat
Copy standard input to standard output.
.PP
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cat invocation'
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.